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Gloria Steinem can testify from personal experience to the backlash her feminist efforts have encountered.

Gloria Steinem can testify from personal experience to the backlash her feminist efforts have encountered.

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September 5th, 2026

Gloria Steinem can testify from personal experience to the backlash her feminist efforts have encountered.

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It was precisely that monumental struggle for abortion rights that impelled Gloria Steinem to plunge resolutely into the surging currents of the feminist movement.

正是那場為爭取墮胎權而掀起的波瀾壯闊鬥爭,促使葛羅莉亞·史坦能毅然投身於女權運動滾滾洪流之中

The conviction that equality remains unattainable unless women possess the autonomy to determine whether and when to bear children constituted the foundational tenet of the feminist movement in the late 1960sa movement of which Steinem ultimately became the living embodiment, until her demise on Wednesday at the age of 92.

婦女若無法自主決定是否生育或於何時生育,則平等無從實現——此一理念乃1960年代末女性主義運動之核心要義,而史坦能最終成為該運動之具象化身,直至其於週三辭世,享年92歲。

The triumph of the movement fundamentally reconfigured the cultural landscape and familial structures of the United States, propelling a vast influx of women into the labor force;

該運動的勝利從根本上重塑了美國的文化景觀家庭結構促使大批女性湧入勞動力市場

Nevertheless, advocates persist in their struggle against the entrenched gender pay gap, the scourge of sexual harassment, and the systemic underrepresentation of women in corporate echelons and the political arena.

然而倡議人士持續奮戰以對抗根深蒂固的性別薪資鴻溝性騷擾問題以及企業高層政治領域中女性代表性不足結構性失衡

Yet Stein was afforded a firsthand vantage point from which to witness the formidable backlash unleashed against her feminist vision, as matters ranging from reproductive autonomy and the praxis of motherhood to child-rearing and the very construct of gender roles were once again consigned to the epicenter of the nation's cultural conflagration.

史坦得以親眼目擊針對女權願景所掀起的強烈反撲浪潮舉凡生育自主權母職實踐子女教養乃至性別角色之議題,再度淪為國家文化戰爭核心焦點

In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade, thereby abolishing the constitutional safeguard for abortion rights; since then, thirteen states have enacted either total or near-total prohibitions.

2022年最高法院推翻了1973年羅訴韋德案的裁決廢除了憲法對墮胎權的保障此後已有十三個州實施全面性或近乎全面性的禁令

Four additional states have imposed bans on abortion after approximately six weeks of gestationa juncture that frequently precedes a woman's awareness of her own pregnancy.

另有四個州在妊娠約六週後禁止墮胎此一時間點往往早於女性察覺自身受孕之際

Steinem decried this as a regression of democracy; yet for Christian conservative activists, it constituted a resplendent triumph, further galvanizing a movement advocating the embrace of traditional gender roles, which repeatedly ascribed the precipitous decline in birth rates, the escalation of divorce rates, and the erosion of the values of marriage and motherhood to the ascendancy of the feminist movement.

史坦能此舉民主之倒退基督教保守派運動人士而言,此乃一項輝煌勝利進一步助長了一股倡導男女擁抱傳統性別角色之風潮該風潮屢屢出生率之頹降離婚率之攀升以及婚姻與母職價值之式微,悉數歸咎於女權運動之興起

Through policy discourse and rhetorical framing, officials of the Trump administrationVice President J.D. Vance among themtogether with influential conservative organizations, have orchestrated a social movement aimed at impelling young women to marry earlier, augment their fertility, and elevate familial values above professional aspirations.

透過政策論述言辭修辭川普政府官員——包括副總統J·D·凡斯——連同具影響力的保守派團體已策動一場社會運動旨在鼓動年輕女性及早締結婚姻擴增生育數量,並將家庭價值凌駕於職涯追求之上。

"The feminist movement has impelled the public to regard marriage and family as subordinate pursuits warranting demotion, a development that has wrought profound detriment upon both sexes," declared Delano Squires;

女權運動促使社會大眾將婚姻與家庭視為次要的追求並應予以降級處置此舉對兩性而言皆構成深遠的戕害,」德拉諾·史奎爾斯如是表示

He is the co-author of the Heritage Foundation report "Saving America by Saving the Family," which laments that "the damage wrought upon American family life by misguided public policies of the 1960s was compounded by cultural upheaval that utterly subverted the social norms governing sex, sexual orientation, marriage, children, and gender roles."

此君傳統基金會報告《透過拯救家庭來拯救美國》之共同撰述者該報告痛陳1960年代失當之公共政策對美國家庭生活所造成的破壞復因文化動盪而益形加劇此等動盪徹底顛覆了圍繞性、性傾向、婚姻、子女及性別角色等面向之社會規範。」

The report further proffers a series of recommendations, including the establishment by Congress of investment accounts for men and women who enter into matrimony before the age of thirty, each endowed with a deposit of two thousand five hundred dollars.

此份報告提出數項建議其中涵蓋國會三十歲前締結婚姻男女分別設立投資帳戶,並存入兩千五百美元

The report's other co-author, Emma Waters, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation, has ascended to prominence as an influential voice among young conservative Christians, levying criticism against what she perceives as a career-centric culture engendered by the feminist movement, which she contends is inimical to women's well-being.

該報告另一位共同作者艾瑪·華特斯,其身為傳統基金會分析師,業已崛起為年輕保守派基督徒群體具影響力聲量,並其所認定由女權運動所催生之事業優先文化提出批判認為此種文化女性福祉實屬有害

In a recent treatise, Walters leveled a scathing critique at the term "Ms."a designation that simultaneously alludes to the honorific itself and obliquely references the periodical founded by Steinem.

在近期一篇論述中華特斯「Ms.」一詞——既指涉該稱謂亦暗喻史坦能所創辦之刊物——施以犀利的譏諷

"In the present age, the most flagrant act of defiance a twenty-eight-year-old woman can exhibit is to adopt her husband's surname and embrace, with magnanimous grace, the divine endowment of motherhood," she thus wrote.

在當今之世一名二十八歲女性所能展現最離經叛道之舉莫過於從夫姓以寬闊胸襟擁抱母職這份天賜厚禮,」如是寫道

Steinem herself never bore children, and she candidly avowed that she harboured no regret over this decision, deeming it a judicious course for others as well.

史坦能自身從未生育坦言對此決定從無悔意並稱之為對他人而言亦屬明智之舉。

She has ceaselessly championed reproductive choice, regarding it as the foundational cornerstone of women's empowerment.

始終不遺餘力地倡導生育選擇權視其為女性賦權之根本基石

Steinem did not embark upon her path of activism until after her thirtieth year, yet the seeds of her advocacy had been sown as early as 1969when, at a conference deliberating upon women's reproductive rights, the myriad narratives she encountered imbued her with such profound fortitude that she ultimately resolved to speak publicly, candidly recounting her own clandestine abortion procured in London at the tender age of twenty-two.

史坦於而立之年過後方轉入行動主義之途然其先聲早在1969年即已埋下——彼時她參與一場探討女性墮胎權之會議,席間所聞諸多敘事賦予她莫大勇氣終使她毅然公開現身說法坦述自己年方廿二時於倫敦祕密施行墮胎之親身經歷。

At that juncture, abortion remained an unlawful act across the greater part of the United States.

彼時墮胎在美國大部分地區仍屬違法之舉

It was only in 1965, within the landmark case of Griswold v. Connecticut, that the Supreme Court had established the constitutional safeguard of the right to contraception.

最高法院甫於一九六五年之格里斯沃爾德訴康乃狄克州一案中確立了避孕之權利保障

According to the statistical data of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, women constituted less than half of the labor force at that time.

依據美國勞工統計局之統計數據彼時勞動力市場中女性之占比尚不及半數

The dismissal of a woman on grounds of pregnancy was legally justifiable, a state of affairs that persisted until the enactment and implementation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act in 1978 brought it to an end.

僱主因女性妊娠而將其解僱於法理上具有正當性此一態勢直至1978年《懷孕歧視法》之頒布施行方告終結

Banks, when women applied for credit cards, frequently demanded that a male serve as a co-signatory to furnish surety.

銀行於女性申辦信用卡之際屢屢要求男性擔任連帶簽署人以資擔保

Moreover, among the seats in Congress, women occupied merely eleven, a paltry number indeed.

國會席次之中女性僅佔十一位實屬寥寥

The prevailing socioeconomic landscape has undergone a fundamental transformation.

當前的社會經濟格局已發生根本性變遷

The labour force participation rate among women aged twenty and above hovers at approximately 58%, whereas for those within the prime working-age bracket of twenty-five to fifty-four, the employment ratio ascends markedly to 77%.

二十歲以上女性勞動參與率約莫維持在58%的水準而處於二十五至五十四歲黃金工作年齡層的女性,其就業比例更顯著攀升至77%

Looking back to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974legislation ardently championed by the scant handful of female legislators then serving in Congressit explicitly stipulates that denying a woman a credit card or loan on the grounds of sex constitutes an unlawful practice.

回溯1974年頒布的《平等信用機會法》——此項立法係由當時國會中屈指可數的女性議員所積極倡議推動——其明文規定基於性別因素拒絕女性申辦信用卡或貸款的舉措,已屬違法行為。

As of the present day, the hallowed halls of Congress accommodate a total of 152 female members.

時至今日國會殿堂內共有152位女性議員

These rights, won through arduous struggle, are regardedat least in theoryeven by the most resolute conservatives as an unassailable cornerstone.

這些歷經千辛萬苦方始贏得的權利至少在理論層面上縱使在立場最為堅定的保守派眼中亦被視為不容撼動的基石

Squire of the Heritage Foundation candidly concedes that, notwithstanding his advocacy for a demarcation of traditional gender roles, he would never call into question women's rights to property, credit, suffrage, or employment.

傳統基金會的史奎爾坦言即便他倡導傳統性別角色之分野亦絕不會對女性擁有財產、信貸、投票或工作之權利提出任何質疑

Even so, certain loci of power deliberately amplify the most extreme ideological voices.

即便如此某些權力核心刻意放大最為極端的意識形態聲浪

By way of illustration, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared a video chronicle centered on Christian nationalist congregations, in which several pastors openly proclaimed that women ought to be wholly divested of their suffragea move that promptly ignited a firestorm, eliciting vehement condemnation across the social spectrum.

舉例而言國防部長皮特·赫格塞斯轉發了一段聚焦於基督教民族主義教會影像紀錄其中多位牧師公然宣稱女性應被徹底剝奪投票權此舉旋即引發軒然大波激起社會各界強烈譴責

Professor Beth Allison Barr, a historian of women at Baylor University, observes that within the cognitive framework of the religious right, the feminist movement fundamentally subverts the so-called 'sacred' paradigmnamely, the father as the family's guide and protectorand incites women to place their own desires above their husbands and children.

貝勒大學專研女性歷史的教授貝絲·艾莉森·巴爾指出於宗教右翼的認知框架而言女權運動從根本上顛覆了所謂「神聖」的典範——父親作為家庭的引領者與庇護者——並慫恿女性將自身慾求凌駕於丈夫與子女之上。

"The two have thus become irreconcilably antithetical: to be a devout believer is to forfeit any claim to the mantle of feminist."

此二者遂成水火不容之勢欲為虔誠信徒便無以自居女性主義者。」

Women's advocacy groups issue a grave admonition that, whether through the curtailment of reproductive autonomy or the stigmatization of feminism as an erosion of the familial institution, the fundamental malaise lies in the systematic attenuation of women's agency, thereby divesting them of the prerogative to autonomously chart the trajectory of their own lives.

女性倡議團體嚴正警示無論是對生育自主權的箝制抑或將女權運動汙名化為對家庭體制的侵蝕其根本癥結皆在於系統性地削弱女性的能動性剝奪其自主抉擇人生軌跡的權利。

Fatima Goss Graves, the chief executive of the National Women's Law Center, contends that the initiatives championed by progressivessuch as expanding and extending paid family leave and rendering childcare services more financially accessibleare, at their core, measures designed to buttress familial structures and alleviate the burdens of child-rearing, with the dual objective of facilitating a smoother parenting journey and ensuring that women are not compelled to make an untenable choice between career advancement and economic autonomy.

全國婦女法律中心執行長法蒂瑪·戈斯·格雷夫斯指出進步派所提出的諸如擴大並延長有薪家事假提供更為經濟上可負擔之托育服務倡議其本質實為支持家庭結構減輕育兒負擔之舉措,旨在使育兒過程更為順遂同時確保女性無須事業發展經濟自主之間被迫做出取捨

"We are indeed embroiled in a more expansive cultural struggle, the crux of which pertains to our fundamental identity as a nation and the role ascribed to women within it," Graves thus articulated.

「我們確實身處一場更為宏大的文化鬥爭,其核心關乎我們作為一個國家的本質定位,以及女性在其中的角色歸屬,」戈斯·格雷夫斯如是陳述。

Notwithstanding the profound setback of Roe v. Wade's overturning, alongside the as-yet-unrealized aspirations of the Equal Rights Amendment movement, Estelle Freedman, a professor of women's history at Stanford University, nonetheless contends that the momentum of the American feminist movement has become so deeply woven into the fabric of modern life that its trajectory "may well prove beyond the capacity of any force to arrest."

儘管歷經羅訴韋德案遭推翻之重大挫敗,以及平等權利修正案運動等懸而未決之志業史丹佛大學女性歷史學教授埃斯特爾·弗里德曼仍斷言美國女權運動之動能已深植於現代生活肌理之中其勢恐非人力所能遏止」。

She posits that the sustained functioning of the contemporary economic system is, in fact, contingent upon the uninterrupted participation of women in the labor marketa salient case in point.

闡述道當前經濟體系之持續運作繫於女性不間斷地參與勞動市場此乃一顯著例證

Friedman observes that, from the dawn of the nineteenth century, the feminist movement "has traversed phases of mobilization and attainment, as well as periods of backlash and setback," yet throughout this protracted trajectory, "there has perpetually persisted an unbroken process of reconfiguration and profound introspection, which has rendered it ever more formidable."

弗里德曼指出自十九世紀肇始之際女權運動歷經了動員收穫之階段亦曾遭遇反撲挫敗之時期」,在此漫長進程中,「始終存在著不間斷的重組深刻反思使其日益壯大」。

Friedman observes that Steinem furnished the movement with a pivotal continuity spanning over half a century.

弗里德曼指出史坦能為該運動提供了逾半世紀之久關鍵連續性

The visibility she afforded will serve to remind the world that this is a protracted struggle, one whose mission must be pursued with unflagging tenacity, as Friedman remarked.

所賦予的能見度將有助於世人銘記此乃一場曠日持久之戰,而這項使命必須鍥而不捨地推進弗里德曼如是說

In her final essay, published in The New Yorker on September 3rd, Stein was able to reflect with incisive optimism upon these setbacks.

在她9月3日發表於《紐約客》最後一篇散文中,史坦以一種樂觀的語調這些挫折進行了鞭辟入裡的反思。

"As I set pen to paper, the world appears to have descended into a state of chaos.

當我落筆之際寰宇似已淪入混沌之境

Many minds harbour the profound apprehension that the progress we have forged is encountering an undertow that threatens to capsize it.

眾多心靈深感吾輩所締造之進展正遭逢逆流而瀕臨傾覆

Should you be so fortunate as to have weathered the vicissitudes of time and attained a longevity akin to mine, then your duty as an elder lies in gently admonishing humanity to recall the vast distance we have traversed," she wrote.

倘若汝有幸如我這般歷經滄桑而壽數綿長則汝身為耆宿之責便在於諄諄提醒世人吾等已然跋涉多遠,」她如是書寫

"It is precisely owing to this sweeping and momentous movement that the majority of beings across the globe have now borne witness to the visages of female astronauts, union leaders, tillers of the soil, liberation fighters, and architects of peace."

正因這場波瀾壯闊之運動寰宇間大多數生靈如今皆曾親睹女性太空人工會領袖農耕者解放鬥士,以及和平締造者之身影。」

This exposition is profoundly illuminating; its richness of substance and intricacy of layers are scarcely discernible to the cursory observer, and only through assiduous study and repeated contemplation can one apprehend its profound depths.

這項論述深具啟發性,其內涵之豐贍與層次之繁複,實非淺嚐輒止者所能輕易洞悉,唯有潛心鑽研、反覆涵詠,方能領略其中堂奧。

This in-depth report on the female labor force was meticulously crafted by journalists and received financial backing from Pivotal Ventures.

此篇針對女性勞動力之深度報導係由記者精心撰述並獲Pivotal Ventures之財務挹注

The Associated Press bears full and inalienable responsibility for all of its content.

美聯社對其全部內容承擔完全且無可推諉之責任

For guidelines governing the collaboration between the Associated Press and philanthropic entities, a roster of its supporters, and the purview of funded coverage, kindly refer to AP.org.

有關美聯社與慈善機構協作之準則支持者名錄以及受資助報導之範疇敬請參閱AP.org

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